Living Water

"My people commited two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water". Jeremiah 2:13

There should never be "dry spells" in the Christian life. God said that He would be like an artesian well in the life of a believer. Artesian wells bubbled forth with a cold, fresh, never-ending supply of water from the depths of the earth, quenching any thirst and always satisfying. This is the picture of the spiritual refreshment that belongs to the person in whom the Holy Spirit resides.

Have you ever heard peopel say they are experiencing a dry spell in their Christian life? What are they saying? Are they saying that the Lord ran out of water? It should never cross your mind that the fountain of living waters residing withn you should ever be reduced to a trinkle. You don't need to run all over the country trying to find sources of spiritual refreshment. Conferences, retreats, and books can all bring encourgament; but if you are a Christian, the source of living water already resides within you.

Have you exchanged the living fountain for man-made cisterns that cannot hold water? Why would you exchange an artesian well for a broken water tank? Artesian wells do not dry up. Broken cisterns do. If you are experiencing spiritual dryness right now, is it because you have been attempting to find your source of spiritual refreshment from man-made sources, which will fail you every time? Jesus extended an invitation to you when He said: "If anyone thrists, let him come to Me and drink" (John 7:37). Have you been refreshed by the living water only Jesus can provide?

-Experiencing God Day-by-day Devotional, by Henry & Richard Blackaby-

Dated April 23rd.